Five Things To Love about Tootsie
The Roommate
Tootsie wisely declines to compete with Bill Murray’s performance in the movie. Andy Grotelueschen is a more rumbustious roomie, and his Act Two opener Jeff Sums it Up is a highlight, even if it one of those songs we’re meant to think is terribly clever for using the word ‘fuck’.
What’s Gonna Happen
Sung at a rollicking clip by a careening Sarah Styles, this rat-a-tat patter song is the show’s best number.
Reg Rogers
Because he’s Reg Rogers.
A Marquee Production at the Marquis
Hits have been thin on the ground at the Marquis since On Your Feet sashayed off the stage a couple years back. Good to see ’em get their razzle dazzle back.
All That Yaz
The last musical David Yazbek set his hand to was also based on a movie. But the brash punch of Tootsie is worlds (not to mention continents) away from the lilting melancholy of The Band’s Visit. It’s like discovering that Emily Dickenson was also a dab hand at randy limericks. Well played.